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After 100% growth in sales last year, Apple to expand local manufacturing of iPhone in India

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After a near-100% growth in sales last year, Apple is looking to expand its retail presence in India, the push coming at a time when it widens local manufacturing of iPhones in the country. The expansion will be led by its exclusive retail partners even as the company finalises work on its self-owned flagship store in Mumbai.

Apple-exclusive retailers say sales have already crossed pre-Covid levels, and expansion is on the cards. “We will open around seven new stores across north and west India,” Baljinder Paul Singh, director of Unicorn Infosolutions, told TOI.

Unicorn is the company’s largest retail partner in India, and currently runs 29 sales stores and 21 service centres. “Business has been strong, and demand for Apple’s products is healthy across the portfolio of smartphones, MacBooks, iPads and watch,” Singh said.

Research firm IDC said Apple sold nearly 2.8 million units (estimated) iPhones in 2020 at a growth rate of 93%, despite the market being impacted due to corona restrictions. “Aspiration for Apple brand remains strong, and we expect the company to log in similar numbers in 2021,” Navkendar Singh, research director at IDC, said.

He said sales for Apple had seen a massive surge in the second half of 2020, especially as work- and educate-from-home phenomenon was the norm.

“Also, disposable incomes were diverted towards trusted luxury products as people were not travelling, nor eating out, or spending on fuel. Devices such as iPhone11 and XR were in great demand as their prices became very attractive after the company introduced the flagship iPhone12 series,” Singh added.

Kapil Mendiratta, CEO of Future World retail stores, said the company is planning to expand to 30 stores against 10 stores and six service centres at present. “We want to expand into tier-2 and -3 towns.”

The growth is also fuelled by easy purchase plans such as EMI options, cash backs and special incentive schemes with credit card companies.

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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside

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If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.

The sale is live now on the e-commerce platform with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts on various products. In addition to this, Amazon has also partnered with several banks including ICICI, Kotak Bank, and RBL so that customers get instant discounts of up to 10% using their cards and EMI transactions.

Customers can easily enjoy this summer sale and get massive discounts on iPhones. They can also compare prices on Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2022 before making a purchase.

 

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13 

Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.

If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.

Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)

Features of Apple iPhone 13 

The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.

The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.

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